Friday, November 07, 2003

Spammers have discovered a hole in Windows Messenger which enables them to send popup ads and bypass any popup blocker. It's so bad that even Congress is demanding action.

Here's how to disable Messenger in XP:

Click on the Start button and open the control panel.
Open the Performance and Maintenance control panel and go to Administrative Tools.
Now double-click on Services, then scroll to Messenger.
Double-click Messenger and click Stop to stop the service.
Change the startup type to Disable.

DVD DEMYSTIFIEDConfused by all the formats available for burning to DVD? Here's some enlightenment.

THERE SHE IS, MISS AMERICA ...... in cyberspace? Well, organizers in Italy are looking for the most beautiful pixels in the world with MISS DIGITAL WORLD, the first beauty pageant for digitally created beauty queens.

WHO INVENTED THE COMPUTER?No matter what Steve Jobs would have you believe, if you ever wondered who the creator of the computer was ... here he is.

RED PILL ... HIT OR MISS?The reviews of MATRIX: REVOLUTIONS is out and so far, people either love it or hate it. One thing is certain though, why see it on a normal screen when you can see it on IMAX!

MOD OF THE WEEK - A DVD turned HE PC!Joaquin turned a Pioneer DV-525 DVD player into a Home Entertainment PC!

Thursday, November 06, 2003

V'GERVoyager 1 phoned home this week to let us know, that after 26 years of travel, it may actually have left our solar system and entered interstellar space. It's sister spacecraft, Voyager 2, isn't far behind - but going in nearly the opposite direction, of achieving that.

WOW. Think about that. Initially designed to operate for just 5 years, both spacecraft have been sending back data on our solar system for over 5 times that.

Here's are two spacecraft that have traveled some 8.4 billion miles, transmitted over five trillion bits of scientific data (enough to fill 6,000 complete sets of the Encyclopedia Britannica) using an ailing backup radio transmitter, visited 90% of the planets in our solar system and some 48 moons, made measurements of the solar wind, store images and data on a VCR type recorder which can last for over 22 years of playing without failure (and it's way beyond that), taken literally thousands of photographs and scientific measurements and beamed them back to earth on a radio signal the strength 20 billion times weaker and using with less computer memory than a digital wristwatch, and all costing total, less than .20 for every American.

VIRUS ALERT!!!PC WORLD WARNS of a new worm, called "Mimail.C" which comes in an attachment under the innocent subject heading "OUR PERSONAL PHOTOS." Once infected, your computer will launch denial of service attacks against anti-spam sites.

RUNNING SCAREDAccording to USA TODAY, over 1.4 million file sharers are so afraid of getting sued by the RIAA they are deleting their entire MP3 collection from their computers.

WOULD YOU LIKE FRIES WITH THAT?McDonalds' will be giving away ONE BILLION music downloads via iTunes. According to sources, Apple isn't even giving them a price break.

Hopefully, Apple can convince them to dump that stupid "I'm lovin' it!" campaign.

Meanwhile, Walmart jumps on the music download bandwagon by launching it's own music download service.

TOTALLYAccording to PIXAR, the Disney summer hit "FINDING NEMO" is still smashing records as it sells over 8 million DVDs in it's first day of release - about twice as much as the last king of the hill - Pixar's MONSTERS INC.

BLACK FLAGThe FCC has voted to require a "digital broadcast flag" in HDTV signals which would prevent copying of TV programs. By 2005, you're VCR and DVR must have technology incorporated into it which would prevent you from permanently archive a recorded flagged program. Next in the crosshairs for Hollywood? You're lookin' at it.

WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?With help from DirecTV, TIVOhas sold over a million DVRs! Now you know why the FCC is acting.

Wednesday, November 05, 2003

WEDNESDAY-PALOOZA:

VIRUS ALERT!!!PC WORLD WARNS of a new worm, called "Mimail.C" which comes in an attachment under the innocent subject heading "OUR PERSONAL PHOTOS." Once infected, your computer will launch denial of service attacks against anti-spam sites (evil bastards).

TAKE THE RED PILL, ALICEMatrix Revolutions opens today. All good things must come to an end.

Tuesday, November 04, 2003

TUESDAY ROUNDUP:

VIRUS ALERT!!!PC WORLD WARNS of a new worm, called "Mimail.C" which comes in an attachment under the innocent subject heading "OUR PERSONAL PHOTOS." Once infected, your computer will launch denial of service attacks against anti-spam sites (evil bastards).

On top of that, The Register (via AkibaLive) is reporting that double-layer, double-capacity DVD+R drives and media will be available in stores by Spring. You know that -R formats will follow almost as quickly.

hy·poc·ri·sy (hi-'pä-kr&-sE also hI-) n.
1 : a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not; especially : the false assumption of an appearance of virtue or religion
2 : an act or instance of hypocrisy

DR. PHIL ALERTThe most over-hyped daytime tv man thinks we are addicted to gadgetry. What a crock. I can quit anytime I want. I just don't want to.

Monday, November 03, 2003

MONDAY ROUNDUP

VIRUS ALERT!!!PC WORLD WARNS of a new worm, called "Mimail.C" which comes in an attachment under the innocent subject heading "OUR PERSONAL PHOTOS." Once infected, your computer will launch denial of service attacks against anti-spam sites (evil bastards).

XBOX GOES IBMMicrosoft announces that the next generation XBox will be powered by IBM chips instead of Intel. And considering that the next generation MACS will be powered by IBM as well, does this represent a shift in the paradigm?
Enquiring minds want to know.